A 1,500-year-old Byzantine cistern next to Hagia Sophia in Istanbul, transformed into a luxurious spa center operated by ...

Patriarch Kirill, the head of the Church, has zealously backed Russia’s ‘special military operation’ and castigates a morally ...

Once-thriving landmarks like the ancient city of Palmyra and the medieval Crusader castle of Crac des Chevaliers remain ...

Experts are returning to Syria’s war-ravaged heritage sites, hoping to lay the groundwork for restoring them and reviving ...

Following the protests, the General Directorate of Cultural Assets and Museums filed a complaint against the responsible persons ...

Digenes Akritas is an epic poem from the Byzantine Empire. It follows the exploits of the titular hero in the Byzantine ...

Peter Frankopan, Oxford historian, was first enticed by history in the 1970s, during summer holidays as a child in rural Sweden visiting his maternal grandfather (his paternal line was the ancient ...

The Byzantine Empire was one of the first societies to offer its citizens some form of what we now call universal healthcare.

Not as widely known in the United States as St. Valentine are two other saints at the top of the list on Feb. 14, and recent ...

Such was their influence in Church history, through their evangelization efforts, that Pope John Paul II named the two ...

Turkey invests in capital goods through a mix of government-led projects, private sector contributions, and foreign direct ...

Since humans discovered the power and capability that comes with numbers, we have lived in societies that enable us to … ...